The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-12-24

inps Bank has moved its headquarters to the Ben
son Building, corner Of Roland avenue and Third
street, and will be open every Monday evening for
receiving deposits. Mr. James e. Hooper is an
officer of this institution.
-Messrs. VIM. Seemuller Co., auctioneers,
sold on the premises, on Monday, sixteen dwelling
houses on Eutaw street extended, in the county,
belonging to John Fox, an insolvent debtor, for
the aggregate sum of $22,75O. Mr.. Francis q.
Fossett purchased one of the houses.
Frank Hof Cooper, an intelligent young
man of Towsontown, who has been extensively
engaged in the business of collecting and selling
all kinds of stamps, lately sold two postage stamps
issued by one of the States during the
late war; for which he received $34.
The case of George A. Huntington against
Ernault H. Williams, to recover 81, 500 on prom
issory note, which was tried in the Baltimore
Court of Common Pleas, resulted in verdict for
the plaintiff. Huntington also has another note
against Williams for the same amount.
The State Livestock Sanitary Board re-
ports to the Governor that for the nineteen months
ended December LIST, 1887, pleuro- pneumonia was
found to exist in eight districts in Baltimore coun
ty. There are thought to be very few if any cases
Of this disease in the county at this time.
-Messrs. S. Cover Wilson, of Towsontown,
and Cuttings Wilson, of Sweet Air. have been noti-
fed by their BROTHER Mr.. Henry G. Wilson, an ex-
tensive sugar planter of Louisiana. that he has
shipped to each of them, as Christmas present,
a barrel of molasses and half barrel of sugar.
The ish-hatching apparatus in Druid Hill
Park has been enlarged and will furnish accom-
modations for $780, 900 trout spawn. These fish
can he secured upon application to the Fish Com
missioner before March LIST, and 100000 of them
are to be distributed in the streams Of Baltimore
county.
George W. Morgan, Esq, Treasurer and
Collector of Taxes has changed his city office from
the banking house of John s. Cuttings d Co., to
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ner of Baltimore and Liberty streets, where he may
be found hereafter every Saturday, from 10 q. m
to 2.30 p. m.
The committee appointed by Mayor Latrobe
to prepare the Belt annexation bill, has been at
work on it the past week. One Of the provisions
of the bill is to let the taxes remain the same as
county taxes until 1890, and not to make any
change in the assessments except as to new i'm
provements.
At the meeting of the City Water Board on
Monday the subject of supplying the Belt with
water was discussed it will be necessary to con-
struct high-service reservoir for the purpose in
case the Belt is annexed. If such a reservoir 10
built it will probably be located in the vicinity of
Govanstown.
BY the will of the late Mrs. Amanda q.
Howard, St. James P. e. Church, My Lady 3 Manor,
was left legacy of $780, which was to be invested
and the interest added to the rector's salary. The
legacy has been paid to the church and the invest
ment made. Rev. Geo. K. Warner is the present
rector of the church.
The Twenty Minute Society of Trinity P.
E. Church. Towsontown, on Monday shipped
large box of Christmas things to the colored mis-
sion school at Hickory, Hartford county. The
school has twenty children and the box contained
two presents for each one, consisting Of dolls books
toys, candy bags, DC.
Col Charles Fl. Mann and DR.. jackson
Piper have Jointly presented as Christmas offer
e. kbo Man,o Gu;ld ofTowsonkOWn a new and
handsomely bound edition of the complete works
of George Eliot. Mr.. J. II. Medairy, the Balti-
more publisher, has also presented number OF
volumes to the Guild.
Sheriff Tracey summoned jury ofinquisi
ton to condemn certain lands of Samuel W. Smith,
in the 18th district, for the use of the B. o.
Railroad Company. The jury was to meet on the
29th of December, but since they were summoned
Mr.. Smith died, necessitating some change in the
proceedings and consequent delay.
Mr.. Jeremiah Yelott, of Dulany's Valley,
Baltimore county, is interested in the French
spoIiation claims, of which we have heard SO much
in the last few years. His case, among those of
other Marylanders, has at last been adjudicated
and referred to the committee on appropriations
The amount of Mr.. Yellott's claim is 7,l76.
The County Commissioners have not yet
disposed of the question of what disposition to
make of the county's deposits and it will 60 over
until January. The Towson National Bank has
not vet decided whether it will accept as its share
of the deposits the taxes collected here, those col
lected in Baltimore to 60 to the Manufacturers'
Bank.
Mr.. Joseph M. Cone has purchased Hause's
mill-dam, about half q mile from Gainesville, and
will utilize it as feeder for the new water works
now in successful operation at that place. 1t is
said the dam can furnish 100000 gallons per
day of pure spring water, which is to be used in
the supply from the artesian well should prove
insufficient.
The attention of the County Commissioners
is called to that portion Of Dover road s.tsnding
Ridge in the 9Th district. This road is in such q
haul load over it, and the people of the neigh
borhood are justly indignant that the road super
visors give it very little if any attention.
-Messrs. P. Hartley & Sons, who own the
property heretofore known as Reese's mill, near
Glenarm, Long Green Valley, are fitting up their
mill with the latest and most improved roller ma
chinery and will soon be prepared to turn out the
finest flour made by the new process The outlay
on their large mill will be very considerable and
it is hoped they may be amply recompensed.
The Towsontown man who won good over
coat by Tipping up silver dollar with friend,
has since had an extraordinary run of luck. He
went into place in the city where two turkeys
were up for rattle, the understanding being that
the highest throw should take first choice and the
and threw high and low, getting both turkeys.
Mrs. Catharine Burke, who lives with her
son-iu-law, John G. Shanahan, near Fallston,
Maryland Central Railroad, fell from porch some
days ago and injured herself painfully. Sheis l03
years old and has always been remarkably active
woman. Within year she walked four miles in
good weather to the Catholic Church in Long
Green Valley. Mrs. Burke claims that she never
had sick day in her life and never needed a
physician.
The case of Mrs. Mary Kalb against the
County Commissioners, which occupied the at
tention fthe Circuit Court here about week, ter
minated on Thursday in verdict for the county
John Kalb, husband of the plaintiff, was killed on
the Liberty road last August by the upsetting of
his wagon, and the wife sued the county for $10,-
900 damages. Messrs. Mcintosh and Offutt were
counsel for Mrs. Kalb, and Messrs Yellott, Mitchell
and Duncan represented the county.
"A gentleman who some time ago built him
self very snug residence on the Frederick road
near Loudon Park, dug q well in which he put two
pumps, one of them for forcing water into his
house, the whole cost of which was $175. Since
the pipes of the Catonsvile artesian well company
were laid he draws his supply of water from that
source and is so we'll pleased with the water
which he says is the finest he ever saw-that he
now offers to sell his well, hole and all, for much
less than half its original cost.
During the progress of the damage case Of
the Circuit Court here on Wednesday, Maj. Yellott
of counsel for the defendants, offered in evidence
a copy of the Hagerstown Almanac to show the
state of the the night of October 9th, 1885,
The face of Judge Fowler, who is native of Ha-
gerstown and has still tender feeling for his old
home and its traditions, was wreathed in smiles
when the Almanac was offered and doubtless no
book could have been named by counsel with
which so many pleasant associations of the Judge
are connected.
William H. Horne, son of Mr.. Geo. Horne,
q well-known carpenter and builder of Towson-
town, died suddenly at o'clock on Monday morn
ing last, from congestive chill, in the 21st year
ofhis age. He had been complaining for some time,
but not confined to the house until Thursday
previous to his death. Young Horne was appointed
to West Point Military Academy by Congressman
Talbot some time ago, but resigned after a few
months and came home. He was an intelligent,
well-behaved young man, and was much thought
of in the community. His remains were inferred
in Greenmount Cemetery Wednesday morning.
The first real snow storm of the season COM
menced at 2.30 o'clock on Saturday afternoon last
9th instantly and continued during the greater
part of the night covering the ground to the depth
Of fully fifteen inches. The Maryland Central
railroad was completely blocked for time and the
York road railway was unable to run from early
Saturday evening until II o'clock Monday morn